Even with all the learned lessons from previous accidents, all the rigorous crew selection and training, and strict regulations, it amazes me that this still happens. It makes me think they had some really severe technical difficulties. But then again, aircraft maintenance sector is also built upon trial&error and is constantly improving and implementing new rules... By textbook, this shouldn't have happened. I really look forward to unraveling this mystery and learning something from it.
Added... Some of you say ILS was inactive... So what? If OZ pilots cannot handle the airplane down without an autoland, then they are not pilots! How did they pass the sim when they were interviewed for the job? I don't know, a 777 crashed because they had to land visually? Come on...
Last edited by Flying Cheddar; 6th Jul 2013 at 21:34.